Powerbook problem
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- cloned0
also someone may want to mention that i wrote all that as i believe he has put me on ignore and he will not be able to view the link or phone number
- piperboytoy0
great idea.
- cloned0
poor piperboy all that hostility, i wonder if his anger and violence has been taken out on his defenseless poerbook?
might be part of the problem right there
- rabattski0
with all due respect cloned, the apple helpdesk / service with it's overpriced apple care has become ridiculous bad over the years. i've heard the weirdest stories, and no, those are not urban myths, actual stories from friends and collegues. they are not what they are used to be.
the only thing where i can understand is where you're coming from is that a lot of info / solutions can be found online and/or is basically rtfm.
again if you don't dig it than don't answer it instead of slagging. that is what gets you ignored or flamed. and what i don' t get is that you app. have this self-acclaimed knowledge. why don't you share that? even if it's on a rtfm level. that's what apple users among each other do you know, help eachother.
- cloned0
the fact that i'm ignored or flamed does not bother me and as far as the apple number goes, if this is a recent purchase {new} he should not be charged for his call depending on what is stated in his warranty
as far as your stories go i will not argue. i will only say it is most likely similar to what i had described about best buy as the employees are there to keep callers off of hold not solve problems
don't forget, this is NT not an apple forum, nice is not a protocal here
keep in mind also that this machine needs physical attention [a mechanic perse]
if i had it in my hand i would plug it in to mine and get started asking questions and so forth
an anology:
woman: my car is making this funny sound, whats wrong?
man: i'm not sure but if you do this and this and this you can fix it even though you have no training or idea of what's wrong
does that ever happen? no.
apparently he doesn't even know what he did wrong, so how are we supposed to guide him to a solution?
the machine needs the attention of someone that is educated and informed in mac operating systems who can do what he needs, not the blind attempt of some random user who omnly uses software applications installed on that system taking suggestions from people who aren't sure whats wrong.
that may sound rude, but i believe this is the current situation
- rabattski0
i was thinking about typing a long reply to try to make you look at it differently but i decided it's a waste of time really. you don't get it. i'd suggest next time you just don't answer any post regarding mac questions. saves time, energy and frustration.
- pocho0
Time your restart (you shouldn't really need to restart too often), then go to your Disk Utility and Enable Journaling. Restart two times...your startups will be faster after the second restart.
- cloned0
i never wanted to answer a question i only wanted him to know i'm sick of people who don't know what theyre doing blaming their machines for their mistakes
i hope you understand that now
what you need to realize is that everything that i type does not have to be relevant, a solution, or polite but merely whatever i feel like saying at any given moment
the country i live in gives me that right morning, noon, and night and the crowd here during the day is much more attuned to this attitude
if someone says something rude in any of my threads i do not feel a need to complain, threaten, or throw a fit. I can easily ignore it without having to use the ignore option to keep me fromo flying off the handle
for the record:
i feel sorry for the machine, not the user
- rabattski0
dude, "who don't know what theyre doing blaming their machines for their mistakes"
you don't know what he has done or is doing.
you don't know if he is blaming the machine or not.
you don't know nothing about the entire situation.
because, machines aren't perfect because they are MAN MADE!!!
you are as ignorant as you think of people who ask, in your opinion, stupid questions.
- tank0
uh,i was just acting a scene from napoleon dynamite...
man that wasn't a threat or something...piper ha trouble wit his computer and the only thing you can do is laugh at him..very immature...
- cloned0
rabattski-
youre repeating my point back to me so i agree to disagree with you
tank-
i felt no threat from you actually i agreed with your solution
-enjoy gents
-cheers mates
or what the fuck ever is a polite sign off
*cant wait for the day crowd to come back
- omtc0
zap the P-ram
restart... hold down the "shift + apple + P + R" keys and let your machine bing twice then let go.
hope that helps
- rabattski0
regarding the slow startup / restart, i've read that repairing permissions before and after installing the update should take care of it. no idea since i haven't updated to the lastest version yet.
- rabattski0
btw cloned that's some dumb posts there.
- rabattski0
piper, have you tried os x safe boot (press shift during startup)?
- ribit0
Using Disk Utility and fsck for file system maintenance in Mac OS X:
- rasko40
then get cocktail and clean up yer system